Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-03-26
Pressed Bricks.

and is worth about $4,000.
A man digging q well at Ritzville.
w. r., came upon an immense I'M
foreground cavity, whence a strong
breeze blows constantly, with noise
like the humming oftelegraph wires.
Raymond Ferguson, of Utica, Ind,
is the father of a baby that weighs
just | pound. lbs arms are three
inches its legs four inches !; it is
wel formed and apparently healthy,
and bids fair to live and grow.
I Postmaster L. Davis, OF the town
of Solar, Jackson County. FL, re-
ceives the moderate salary of ten
cents year. The postmaster at
Peck, ILL.,, got thirty cents last year,
while the postmaster at Lear, Ark,
got thirty-one cents. 1t is said that
there are more than 10000 postmas-
tiers vho receive no more than $40
year, and 10000 who receive about
IS year.
A clerk in Louisville invested
$500 in pork at bucket-shop the
other day and succeeded in running
it up to $1,000. Then he determin-
ed to make it $4,000 and quit and
get married. His $4,000 crept up
almost to the desired amount, and
then the market took turn against
him and in q few hours he didn't
have even the original $500. He
will not marry this Spring.
In British Columbia a white man
carried key of whiskey to an In
dian camp, hoping to sell it at an
advantage to the simple children of
the forest. But apparently they
were prohibition red men, for they
bound the man, forced him to sit on
the keg three days and three nights
and then sent him home, first knock
ing in the heads out of the keg and
letting the good liquor soak into the
ground.
This is game now becoming
popular. A huge donkey, minus its
tail, is cut out of calico, fixed against
the wall and all the company are
pins and cali o donkey's tails. Each
guest is then blindfolded in turn,
placed opposite the figure, on the
wall, twisted around three times,
and left to pin the tail in its place
on the donkey. AS the blind man
scarcely ever hits the right place,
the company get plenty of fun out
of their game.
A California editor thinks that re-
publics are ungrateful, and apparent
ly he has reason. He says: 1--WE
wrote up a whole paper of able ar
ticles' about San Benito County
left nothing to write about-printed
1000 copies, lost 1915 on the ven
ture, knocked down dirty, lying
dog before we could collect what we
did get, broke our fist on the scoun-
drelly ours teeth, got blood poison
ing, had three doctors waiting on us
and didn't get out of bed for three
months
A shop litter arrested in Toronto
proved complete treasure trove to
the police. In a pocket three feet
long was an assortment of spoons,
thread, lace, and other valuables.
Her hustle was formed Of two bed
sheets, lady's beautiful hat, and a
colored glass jug. Her trunks con
tanned bed clothes, all kinds of wear
ing apparel, brushes, combs, pins,
etc, about fifty pounds of soap,
matches, fancy cards, glassware,
table goods, feathers, bottles and
jars Of preserves.
The post-ofiice in India is regard.
ed as so miraculous an agency by
the more ignorant native that in some
out-of the-way places the very letter
boxes are worshipped. In one case
man posted letter in the box and
shouted out its destination to inform
the presiding spirit whom he sup
posed to be inside. Another native
humbly took off his shoes as he APP
preached the box, went through
various devotions before and after
posting his letter, and finally put
some coppers before the box as a
propitiary Offering, retiring in the
same attitude Of humility.
Strictly speaking, with the. tip OF
the tongue one really can't taste at
all. If you put drop of honey or
oil Of bitter almonds on that part of
the mouth, you will find, no doubt
to your great surprise, that it pro-
duces no effect Of any sort you
taste it when it begins slowly to diff
fuse itself, and reaches the true tast-
ing region in the middle distance.
But if You mt n little CAYENNE or